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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1996
Mikiya Kuroda, Yokohama, JP;
Victor Company of Japan, LTD., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
An optical disk is provided for recording data thereon as optically readable pits formed thereon and for reading data from the pits by means of a reproducing laser beam. The disk has a substrate of a light transmissive material. A reflective layer of a light reflective material is formed on one of the surfaces of the substrate. A light absorbing layer is formed on the other surface of the substrate on which the reproducing laser beam is projected. The light absorbing layer containing a coloring substance exhibiting light absorption characteristics that is small for the reproducing laser beam but large for a laser beam of a specific light wavelength band shifted from the reproducing laser beam wavelength band to a longer light wavelength side. The substrate may be of a colored substrate including the coloring substance. The light absorbing layer is not required in this case.